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So coming over from the F80 fourm, just wanted a few ways to a dressed up 5 series vs. an actual m5. Guy keep parking next to me, keeps saying how is car is an M and blah blah. I could give a rats ass, but I just want to know for myself, I won't even blow his spot over it. Its obvs debadged. My guess for the giveaway is no M brakes like the blue calipers. Is that correct for all m5 models? any other ways to tell. Thanks
Guys please save the "i shouldnt care what anyone else is driving and pissing match dribble" Just want to know Thanks TL;DR how to tell an m5 is legit? Last edited by G35POPPEDMYCHERRY; 02-09-2017 at 03:56 PM.. |
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if he's missing any of these, it's just something he put on aftermarket (instrument cluster or gear selector would be the biggest pain to do, so id check there). plus a million other things but someone could have a 528d and it'd have a bunch of m badges, just not in the places i mentioned above. |
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Thanks for the info guys. LOL I can't believe I have not looked at the exhaust yet as that is a dead giveaway, most of the time. I'll snag some pics when there is daylight. The brake calipers are for sure just your normal steel color and don't look more than 2 piston. Def a poser. Don't care at all to de badge and have the m package. Just dont put fake m5 emblems on the car. But still kinda urks me when people de badge a 320 like WTF... a 550 tho on the other hand i get.
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Who cares what the heck the guy is driving.......wait unless of course you are all in middle school..
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dont care. he keeps telling me its an m5...its not an m5. im not gunna blow his spot cuz idgaf. just wanted to know
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Well a definite way of settling this is to race him... can't argue with that!
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haha i know. I hate racing people tho, not worth the dangers of being pulled over...plus lanuching the m3 is damn near impossible with a 6spd. you gotta have perfect conditions or a set of rears on order
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As someone who has a de-badged 535i with quad-tips... if anyone asks if its a M5, I just say its a tuned 535i.
I like the clean look. I don't get people who like to put on M5 badges, etc... just why... the people who care about M5 actually know whats real and will laugh at you.
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Its the imposition of non-important things to make people feel negatively is a very poor use of one's time.
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True story...Had a 528i loaner that apparently had a nice color combo. I can't remember the interior/exterior colors, but nothing special, not an M Sport, etc. So the wife and I are at our daughters after school program in the parking lot about to leave and we must have been out there 15 minutes as a couple of parents were admiring the car. I was thinking to myself this is the entry level 5 series loaner. I wonder what they would have done if it was a 550i M Sport or a M5! |
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Generally speaking an M5 conversion is so expensive that you will rarely see one (and it is pointless because you have a slower version of the real exact looking thing). And to debadge an M5 to make it look like usual car is also so much effort no M5 owner will bother. Quads, brakes, fenders, grilles - all together probably show you what you got in front of you. I do like the look of some of the M5 components - rims and grilles. But even then, Im on the fence about adding those. Just something doesnt feel right though frankly speaking I think its a fair game. Only like 5 people will be able to tell what comes from where, and you are on a BMW forum and even you had to ask. So fair game.
On a side note, OP, if that guy really bothers you so much tell it to his face...
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